Autopsy Room Four Summary

He wakes up as he is being rolled into an autopsy room but is completely paralyzed and unable to let the attendants know he is still alive.

Autopsy room four summary.

With richard thomas greta scacchi robert mammone robyn arthur. The short story autopsy room four by stephen king fits into the horror short stories genre. Some of king s greatest successes including. Howard cottrell is the most important character of this story.

Howard cottrell is on vacation playing golf. Chasing the ball into the undergrowth he s bitten by a snake and completely paralyzed showing no sign of life. 10 31 2014 7 51 16 am keywords. Directed by stephen zakman.

In 2002 it was collected in king s collection everything s eventual it was adapted into a short film in 2003. This story takes place in a hospital and at a golf course. He attended grammer school in durham and graduated from lisborn falls high school in 1966. Biography of stephen king stephen king was born is portland maine in 1947.

He graduated in 1970 with a b a. The story was called autopsy room four. Autopsy room four by stephen king grace foulds about the author stephen king was born in portland maine in 1947. Autopsy room four is a short story by american writer stephen king.

The story was originally published in the 1997 anthology robert bloch s psychos and king s own collection six stories and was later included in king s 2002 collection everything s eventual. The last thing howard cottrell remembers is entering the woods to find his golf ball. It was first published in king s limited edition collection six stories in 1997 and appeared in the anthology robert bloch s psychos later the same year. He then attended the university of maine at orono.

It wasn t entirely original rather a twist on an old tv show i had seen before to which king pays homage. With stephen furst torri higginson michael bergin sal catalano. The man protagonist has been bitten by a poisonous snake and is dead by most standards but is completely aware of his situation as he lies on the autopsy table. He graduated from the university of maine and then became a teacher while we worked on establishing himself as a writer.

The main characters in the story are howard randolph cottrell peter jennings rusty mike and dr. An executive recalls how he may have ended up going from his golf game to an autopsy room.